The march of Europe’s right-wing women
The march of Europe’s right-wing women
The visionary madness of Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi, whose state funeral will take place today in Milan, was the first modern populist. The media tycoon became a politician to take…
Italy’s crackdown on cyclists is long overdue
Years of exposure to their arrogance, illegality and sense of entitlement has shown me that Italy’s cyclists are a public…
Who is really to blame for Italy’s devastating floods?
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni cut short her presence at the G7 summit in Hiroshima this weekend to visit the…
France’s migrant hypocrisy
The French have revealed yet again their shameless hypocrisy in regard to Europe’s illegal migrants crisis that this year looks…
Meloni knows that immigration and fertility are linked
The battle for the soul of Italy
Should Italy’s killer bear be sentenced to death?
The female bear that mauled to death a male jogger in the Italian Alps on 5th April was captured this…
Why Giorgia Meloni is key to ‘stopping the boats’
Meloni’s plan to ‘stop the boats’
How Giorgia Meloni is remaking Europe
Giorgia Meloni’s vision for Europe
The hounding of Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of paying bribes worth €10 million (£8.9 million) to female guests at his notorious bunga…
Georgia Meloni’s first 100 days have proved her critics wrong
Macho Italy’s first woman prime minister Giorgia Meloni has now governed for 100 days and I cannot help but notice…
Qatargate has exposed the staggering hypocrisy of the European left
Ravenna, Italy Everyone in Britain has focused on what the Qatargate corruption scandal reveals about the European Union – but not…
When it comes to migrants, Britain needs to be more French
Rishi Sunak’s fighting talk as he launched the latest Tory crackdown on illegal Channel migrants this week, with the dramatic words…
Could Berlusconi end the war in Ukraine?
Berlusconi reckons he’s the man to broker peace in Ukraine
How Mussolini invented fascism
Benito Mussolini, the revolutionary socialist inventor of fascism who came to power 100 years ago this week, was one of…
Giorgia Meloni shows Silvio Berlusconi who’s boss
Giorgia Meloni, who is about to become Italy’s first female prime minister, has won her first major battle. It was…
Giorgia Meloni can’t afford to fight the EU
Ravenna, Italy The victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italy with ahuge majority of seats in parliament has prompted the expected…
Is Giorgia Meloni the most dangerous woman in Europe?
Giorgia Meloni is favourite to be Italy’s next prime minister. What does she really believe?
Mario Draghi’s fall and the death of Italian left-wing populism
So, another unelected Italian government is collapsing, and the putatively pro-democratic media are all calling it a ‘dark day.’ In…
Could Giorgia Meloni become Italy’s next prime minister?
At the last Italian general election in 2018 the right-wing populist party, Fratelli d’Italia, got just 4 per cent of…
Boris is a saint compared to ‘Bunga Bunga’ Berlusconi
It was only a matter of time before someone really twisted the knife in and compared Boris ‘partygate’ Johnson to…
Italy’s hostility to Nato is building
Ravenna, Italy The war in Ukraine has caused an unholy convergence of the left and right in Italy.…
The war in Ukraine may benefit the populist right
Might war in Ukraine boost populism?
Do Russians support Putin’s war?
Everyone is calling the conflict in Ukraine Putin’s war and insisting that it has nothing to do with the Russians…
The pointless tyranny of Italy’s Covid pass
While most European countries, especially Britain, are relaxing their Covid restrictions, Italy which has the toughest of the lot, this…